docs: def make_id(value):
      """
      Build a string id from a value
      :param value: a text value
      :return: a string
      """
      if isinstance(value, six.string_types):
          value = value.encode("utf8", "ignore")
      from hashlib import md5
  
      val = uuid.UUID(bytes=md5(value).digest(), version=4)
  
      return base64.urlsafe_b64encode(val.get_bytes())[:-2]